Back to Black- Draco Malfoy

13| night changes

Here I am, under the covers in Draco Malfoy's bed, without him. The feeling of the silk duvet makes it more comfortable. It takes me a second to realize that I am drifting off to sleep. Maybe he was right, I needed someone not something. He said he'll be back later, let's hope he keeps his word.

Suddenly, the sleepy feeling overtakes me and I'm soon out cold on Draco's bed. It feels nice..to sleep in a different bed. The pillow smells like his cologne and I think that's why I feel comfortable.

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As Draco opens the door to his dorm, he turns around and sees me fast asleep in his bed. My arms hugging the pillow like it was him. The dark light makes the candles glow on my face even more. It feels calming, the nighttime.

He stands at the door with his eyes trading between me and the guys sleeping. He changes out of his robes and gets into a black tank top and green and black plaid sweats. As he blows out the candles, and makes his way over to his bed.

He makes sure not to wake me up, and scoots over, creating a distance between us to make sure we don't touch. Staring at the ceiling never became boring till he caught himself this time. It was his way to snap out of reality, but right now..he liked it.

He was happy for once. Accompanied by his friends sleeping in his dorm. Starting to get comfortable in his bed, he lays on his back and puts his hands behind his head.

Right before he almost drifts off to sleep, he gets distracted by my movements. I instinctively scoot closer to him in my sleep, with my hand landing over his chest.

Draco takes a moment to marvel at how small I feel against him, how fragile and delicate I seem in my sleep. Before he knows it, his protective instincts kick in and he tightens his hold on me. It's almost as if he's scared of letting me go, cause something would take me away from him again.

He takes a deep breath, letting the scent fill his senses. It's a soothing, familiar scent that immediately relaxes him. Letting out a content sigh, his heartbeat slows down to match the rise and fall of my chest.

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Draco ends up falling asleep, holding me in his arms. Throughout the night, the only sound being heard can be the breaths of all of us sleeping. The evening carries on until the very first rays of sunlight hit the windows through the curtains. 

The beaming light awakens Theo first, as he groans and stretches, his eyes fall on Draco and I still cuddling and sleeping..

Theo is left with his mouth wide open and half smiling. He ultimately decides to wake up Blaise so they can see what they missed while they were asleep. Blaise stirs awake and hits Theo hard.

"What the absolute bloody hell are you thinking waking me up this early Nott?" Blaise questions him with a clear agitation in his voice. The sleepy layer in his voice makes Theo less frightened when Blaise sits up and glares at him. Theo then moves to the side and points to Draco's bed, making Blaise furrow his brows and widen his eyes. 

"Mate, that's Draco. Malfoy. Our friend who barely ever likes anyone even in his space. Yet he has Briar in his bed, close as ever. Why do you suppose that is?" Theo interrogates. He immediately smirks when he sees Blaise's confused eyes still locked on us sleeping. 

"He probably just let her sleep here last night Theo, nothing like that. Now we have to wake him up, we have a game today if you would remember and focus on something else for once." Blaise quietly yells. Theo rolls his eyes but agrees with him. Blaise starts to make his way over to Draco's side of the bed, but Theo stops him and throws him back down on his bed, before taking out his wand. 

With a laugh, Theo casts Aguamenti and a puddle of water falls on Draco's face, immediately waking him up. I jolt awake as well when he basically flings me out of his arms. Draco starts cursing at Theo while him and Blaise laugh at his anger. 

Before he can get any further in yelling, he hears my laugh and remembers I'm in his bed laying next to him. He turns to me before turning back forward and putting his two fingers on each side of the bridge of his nose.

"Okay, before you two get any ideas, I just let her sleep here cause she wasn't comfortable in her own dorm." Draco defends for us. Theo and Blaise give him a look but know that that's probably the case for me and him.

"Malfoy I really really hate to ruin this moment but we gotta go. Like now!" Blaise says, clearly hinting to quidditch practice before the big game. With that, Theo and Draco follow Blaise out of the dorm with their jerseys. Then something weird happens, Draco comes back into the dorm and gives me a kiss on the cheek before saying,

"I'll expect you to be cheering me on, love. You still have my quidditch sweater, so I hope to see you wearing it." He says with a smirk before completely leaving the dorm. I fall back on his bed and smile but then the thoughts flood my mind of tonight's game.

With no hesitation, I run to my dorm and put his sweater on. Tonight will be fun.